Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was working dump. Cutter man was pulling cable up and accidentally pulled cable down on employee's back and shoulder.
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Black Gem Coal Sales Inc · Underground
Controlled by Clark D Pergrem
Eastern, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518733
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2004–2006
- Latest incident
- May 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2006 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
While pinner man was bolting top a small piece of rock hit him in the right eye causing a small scratch on his right eye.
2005 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Employee was cleaning loose coal off coal rib when the scoop went wide open and slammed into the right side of rib, lacerating employee above right eye and causing mild whiplash.
2004 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was roof bolting when he caught his left thumb between the steel, breaking and bruising the skin along the left side of the thumb.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENDING A ROOF BOLT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.